The best part about a Metta World Peace interview involves his unpredictability.

For example, the Lakers forward divulged a two-month-old injury to explain his earlier season struggles.

“I didn’t want to make excuses,” World Peace said, “But I popped something in my (right) fibula, but it didn’t tear.”

The injury apparently happened in the Lakers’ 116-101 loss Jan. 11 to the Oklahoma City Thunder two days after experiencing an injury two days earlier in San Antonio.

“I took a charge from what’s his name?” World Peace asked a small group of reporters. “Big white guy from San Antonio?”

That would be Spurs center Tiago Splitter.

“Yeah, Splitter. He kneed me right here in my (right) pelvis,” World Peace said. “Most injuries come from when your pelvis is out of line.”

World Peace said those injuries contributed to his struggles while guarding perimeter players. After shooting relatively well in November (41.3 percent) and December (44.5 percent), hie numbers dipped in January (38.5 percent) and February (32.6 percent).

But World Peace said he currently feels “98 percent” healthy.

“He can get to the basket. He has that great lift as we can all see,” D’Antoni said, laughing. “He’s up to an inch instead of a half inch.”

Mark Medina has been the Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News since 2012. He also works as a Lakers insider for AM570 and is heard on national radio outlets, including The Dan Patrick Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, The Chris Mannix Show, Fox Sports Radio, CBS Sports Radio, Yahoo! Sports Radio and SB Nation Radio. Medina also appears frequently on Spectrum SportsNet and NBC4's "Going Roggin."